Expensive Salt Lake Metropolis College District households and neighborhood,
We want to welcome Dr. Martin W. Bates, who was appointed this week as interim superintendent of the Salt Lake Metropolis College District. He’ll serve on this function whereas the Board of Schooling works to establish and rent a brand new superintendent.
After greater than thirty years in training, Dr. Martin W. Bates retired in 2021. Initially a particular training and math trainer, he later served in numerous college and district administrative positions, his final 11 years as superintendent of the Granite College District. Following the departure of Superintendent Gadson, Dr. Bates agreed to come back out of retirement and function interim superintendent of the Salt Lake Metropolis College District whereas the Board of Schooling works to establish and rent a brand new superintendent.
Dr. Bates is a proud Highland Excessive College Ram (he can nonetheless sing the college tune in its entirety). He and his spouse, Donna, are the mother and father of eight youngsters, all of them graduates of the Salt Lake Metropolis College District.
Board Report
Throughout its assembly on Tuesday night time, the Salt Lake Metropolis Board of Schooling unanimously voted to nominate Dr. Martin W. Bates as Interim Superintendent of the Salt Lake Metropolis College District. He’ll serve on this function whereas the Board of Schooling works to establish and rent a brand new superintendent.
College Charges
After holding its second public listening to, the Board accredited adjustments to high school charges. The payment adjustments embody rising journey charges to make sure all college students have their very own beds when collaborating on in a single day journeys. Different small payment adjustments have been made. They are often discovered by reviewing the payment schedule on the district web site.
Studies
- The Board heard a report on the district’s Multi-Tiered System of Help (MTSS), a program targeted on addressing and bettering pupil habits and rising college students’ long-term success. This yr, the district employed 4 habits assist specialists, making a complete of 8, and one secure college specialist. The specialists coach colleges on the best way to implement efficient MTSS methods.
- The second report was a evaluation of the district’s sustainability plan. The evaluation included updates on tasks similar to LED lighting upgrades in our colleges, photo voltaic panel installations at a number of colleges, and the development of a brand new district workplace constructing. By June 2023, the adjustments and enhancements throughout the district will end in a 24% discount in carbon emissions. That’s the identical as eradicating 2,000 automobiles from Utah’s roads.
- The third report targeted on adjustments being made to the College Enchancment Plans which are created every year by our colleges. The adjustments are being made to handle points that arose throughout a current Title I audit.
Discussions
- The Board reviewed a proposal to lift the pay for Utah Excessive College Actions Affiliation coaches and leaders. A market comparability confirmed the district’s present pay for these positions is mostly under market ranges. The proposal outlined doable methods to extend these salaries and the best way to pay for the will increase. The Board of Schooling will proceed to evaluation this proposal and place it on the agenda for a future assembly.
- College security was the subject for the following dialogue. In the course of the previous few months, the district has been in a position to make use of state funding to implement a number of college security tasks, together with fencing round Horizonte Instruction and Coaching Heart, further cameras in colleges, safety room upgrades, and vaping sensors. Different doable future college security tasks the district is exploring embody:
- weapons detectors,
- classroom fobs and upgraded classroom locks, and
- window tinting for elementary and center colleges.
Feasibility Research Conferences
Work is shifting ahead for the feasibility research at present being carried out for Highland Excessive College and West Excessive College. The feasibility research are being carried out by architects who will present professional opinions on the wants of the college buildings and neighborhood, give the district a have a look at value estimates, be certain that we meet pupil wants, and take into account priorities like vitality effectivity.
The following public assembly for West Excessive might be held Wednesday, November 9, and the following assembly for Highland Excessive might be held on Thursday, November 10. Each conferences will begin at 6 p.m. and be held within the respective college libraries. Spanish translation might be out there on the conferences. We will present translation into different languages by request. Please name (801) 578-8378 to request translation right into a language aside from Spanish.
For individuals who can’t attend the conferences, they are going to be live-streamed on our YouTube channel in English and Spanish. You may also present suggestions right here for Highland Excessive College and right here for West Excessive College.
College Useful resource Officer/Salt Lake Metropolis College District Neighborhood Report
Salt Lake Metropolis College District, along with Salt Lake Metropolis Company, has accomplished the 2021-2022 Oversight Committee Report for school-based citations associated to our College Useful resource Officer Program. College Useful resource Officers are Salt Lake Metropolis Police Division officers who’re assigned to assist assist our colleges. This annual report is supplied in accordance with the memorandum of understanding between the district and the Salt Lake Metropolis Police Division. The Oversight Committee opinions school-based arrests and officer interventions to evaluate effectiveness, establish areas for enchancment, and to ensure actions align with the targets and targets of the memorandum of understanding.
Because of our mixed efforts, school-based citations have decreased from 488 within the 2013-2014 college yr to 23 within the 2021-2022 college yr. We proceed to emphasise constructive contact between officers and college students by means of ongoing coaching with college useful resource officers and faculty directors.
Yow will discover and evaluation the report on the district web site.
New COVID-19 Booster Photographs
To assist comprise a doable fall and winter surge of COVID-19, the CDC and FDA have granted emergency use authorization for up to date COVID-19 boosters concentrating on the latest omicron pressure—the dominant pressure throughout Salt Lake County and the U.S.
Who can get the up to date, FREE COVID-19 boosters?
- Folks 18 years of age and older are eligible for a single dose of the up to date Moderna booster IF it has been no less than two months since they accomplished main vaccination or have obtained the latest booster dose with any booster.
- Folks 12 years of age and older are eligible for a single dose of the up to date Pfizer-BioNTech booster IF it has been no less than two months since they accomplished main vaccination or have obtained the latest booster dose with any booster.
Appointments to get the up to date COVID-19 booster at Salt Lake County Well being Division clinics, for free of charge, are actually out there. To make an appointment, go to SaltLakeHealth.org or name 385-468-7468. An up to date COVID-19 booster can also be out there by means of your native pharmacy or healthcare supplier.
A list of COVID-19 vaccine clinics in Salt Lake County could be discovered on the Salt Lake County Well being Division web site.
